Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 7.52% or 0.68 points to trade at 9.75 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 4.73% or 1.56 points to end at 34.54 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 3.89% or 0.80 points to 21.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which lost 6.29% or 4.50 points to trade at 67.00 in late trade. Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) declined 6.28% or 5.35 points to end at 79.80 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) shed 4.96% or 9.6 points to 236.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 65 and 16 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $60.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.79% or 0.51 to hit $63.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.30 to trade at $1353.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.16% to 9.7201, while USD/NOK fell 0.12% to 7.7880.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 88.69.